Counterflow

This week, author, podcaster, and Orthodox Christian Jamie Hanshaw joins me. Jamie is well-versed in psy-ops, secret societies, demonic forces in Hollywood, and more. She's also quite articulate and thoughtful as she talks about the red-pilled man-o-sphere and feminism, which are really the same energy, just directed in different ways. Is the ultimate end of the red-pilled men trend to make more homosexual men? What gurus do modern females fall for? What gurus do modern men fall for? We get into all of this and more. For more from Jamie, click here: https://www.youtube.com/@jamiehanshaw4378 Follow her on Twitter (X) here: https://twitter.com/JamieLHanshaw Sponsors: Amy Mastrine's art: https://amy-the-artist.com/ The Podsworth App: Get 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com when you use code BUCK50 at checkout! Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com

Today our friends Jonah Martin and Alex Braszko are back on the show to discuss "prepping" from an Orthodox standpoint. Often, the term "prepping" can have a negative connotation to people. This may be because it very often focuses on what one can do to prep for themselves and their immediate household only. It often has to do with material goods and food alone. In this episode, my guests breakdown how and why we should prepare for a dim future as well as how we got here and why we even exist in the first place! Practical liturgics for home (as mentioned in the episode): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4a3yUwdVneQ5FCPeYATWBG7YutLrLgOv For more on Jonah's online family store, go here: https://holdfastfarmstead.com/ Sponsors: The Texas Independence Conference (Texit Con): November 9 - 12 in Waco, TX: https://texitconference.com/ Use promo code BUCK at checkout for a discount on your tickets! The Podsworth App: Get 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com when you use code BUCK50 at checkout! Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com

This week, I welcome back Joe Allen to the show. Joe has a new book out called "Dark Aeon: Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity". This discussion dives into the dystopian future that we are facing with the rise of artificial intelligence and transhumanism. We get into the religious and spiritual lens many Ai proponents see Ai through, their end goals, possible dangers we face and then how to deal with it all. To follow Joe on twitter, go here: https://twitter.com/JOEBOTxyz Sponsors: Amy the Artist: https://amy-the-artist.com Podsworth: https://podsworth.com

My guest this week is Father John Whiteford. Father John Whiteford is Archpriest and pastor at St. Jonah Orthodox Church, in Spring, Texas. He is also the dean of the southern deanery (Texas and Louisiana) of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America ROCOR. Today, we are discussing some themes from a talk he gave at the Ludwig Orthodox Fellowship Inaugural Conference recently. It deals with his realization that once he became an Orthodox Christian, he could no longer support the neoconservative pro-war foreign policy philosophy. We get into the multiple wars that the US has participated in and the eradication of Christians in various parts of the world due to the actions of the US military. This leads us into a discussion on the Yankee mentality and the Southern mentality. The Puritanism of the Yankees has unfortunately won out when it comes to wars and democracy and that has led to some very bad results. Fr John feels as though Orthodox Christianity is suited for the agrarian southern heart and mind. We also get into a subject that Fr John has written and spoken on many times over the decades and that is Sola Scriptura. This is a wonderful discussion and I think you'll learn a lot. For Father John's speech at the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship, click here: https://youtu.be/OcodXAjVLw0?si=kG3G7bsOkvoHCZ-0 Here is Fr John's blog: https://fatherjohn.blogspot.com/ Sponsors: Amy the Artist: https://amy-the-artist.com Podsworth: https://podsworth.com

My guest this week is back for his second appearance. He would be Nicholas, a writer over at Orthodox Reflections. Nicholas wrote a very good piece titled, "There is No Free Market or Democracy in America" and he's here to dive into the points he makes in it. Largely, we discuss the three mega-companies that own much of what we know as corporate and governmental America. They would be State Street, BlackRock and Vanguard. The 401(k)s and pensions of millions and millions of ordinary Americans are the key to untold power and influence. The big three asset management firms own almost the entire corporate sector, and an increasingly large chunk of the residential real estate market as well. How does it change things, when the same management firms own everyone and their competitors? We discuss all this and more. Here's the piece : https://orthodoxreflections.com/the-is-no-free-market-or-democracy-in-america/ ExPat Money Summit: https://expatmoneysummit.com Amy the Artist: https://amy-the-artist.com Podsworth: https://podsworth.com

This week, Michael Witcoff, a.k.a. Brother Augustine, is back with us on the show. Michael has written a new book called, "Fascism Viewed from the Cross". In this book and this discussion, Michael gets into how the Jewish people were viewed by the early Saints, Church Fathers, and Orthodox Monarchs. He also then walks us through how various fascist leaders viewed the Church and religion in general. We get into the way the Orthodox Church views not only the State in general but also which government is the best government. This discussion shows that it can be very tempting to fall off of the Royal Path in either direction, and what the Church calls for is for us to repent and get back onto the Royal Path. For Michael's twitter, go here: https://twitter.com/BrotherAugusti2 Sponsor: https://2023.expatmoneysummit.com/?ac=0447Lrgr

Auron MacIntyre is back on the show this week and we are discussing the brilliant ability of the progressive left to set the narrative in the way that makes them appear to be virtuous and good. We get into some of these narratives like, "climate change" and "being against book banning". The right constantly is put in a mode to simply react to these and try to catch up to the left while not being in the driver's seat. Now, they can simply say that being against their draconian false ways to help the environment, you are simply against conserving the planet. How do we get in front of this phenomenon without just being reactionary and falling into the back and forth pendulum swing within the left v right paradigm? We get into all of this and more in the episode of the Counterflow podcast. To find more of Auron's work, go here: https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre https://www.youtube.com/c/AuronMacIntyre Sponsors: ExPat Money Summit 23': https://2023.expatmoneysummit.com Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com

This week, Michael Witcoff, a.k.a. Brother Augustine, is back with us on the show. Michael has written a new book called, "Fascism Viewed from the Cross". In this book and this discussion, Michael gets into how the Jewish people were viewed by the early Saints, Church Fathers, and Orthodox Monarchs. He also then walks us through how various fascist leaders viewed the Church and religion in general. We get into the way the Orthodox Church views not only the State in general but also which government is the best government. This discussion shows that it can be very tempting to fall off of the Royal Path in either direction, and what the Church calls for is for us to repent and get back onto the Royal Path. For Michael's twitter, go here: https://twitter.com/BrotherAugusti2 Sponsor: https://2023.expatmoneysummit.com/?ac=0447Lrgr

This is a preview of my show that drops on 8/1. My guest is Nicholas from Orthodox Reflections.

This week, I have Father John Strickland on the show. Fr. John serves as priest at St. Elizabeth Orthodox Church in Poulsbo, Washington. He is the author of "The Making of Holy Russia" and the four-part book series called "Paradise and Utopia: The Rise and Fall of What the West Once Was". We are discussing the broad themes of his book series as well as focusing on the fourth book, "The Age of Nihilism: Christendom from the Great War to the Culture Wars". Much like St. Seraphim Rose before him, Fr. John links many of the issues that the West has experienced and continues to experience to the Great Schism of 1054, or as he calls it, the Great Division. He takes us back to Christendom and up through the culture wars of modern-day America, as viewed through the Orthodox lens. This is a wonderful book series, and I think you'll enjoy this interview thoroughly. For more information on Fr. John, his books, his podcast, and his blog, go here: https://johnstrickland.org/ For more info on the event with Father Sergius, go here: www.stmattroyalton.org Sponsor: The Podsworth App: Get 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com when you use code BUCK50 at checkout! Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Today, two of my friends are back with us: Matt Erickson from the Kingpilled Podcast and Adam Patrick from The Age of Information Podcast. We cover the topic of re-orienting oneself towards Truth once new information has been made evident to us. As Adam puts it, centuries ago, people truly were at a disadvantage because of the lack of access to information. However, today, we have so much of the entire history of the world at our fingertips. We have all been in a quest for cohesion and true epistemic sense-making, and we discuss parts of that journey and where we've ended up. I think many of you will find this discussion quite relatable and hopefully also enjoyable. For more information on Matt Erickson, check out the Kingpilled Podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@kingpilled/streams For more from Adam Patrick, check out the Age of Information here: https://www.youtube.com/@theageof_info For more info on the event with Father Sergius, go here: www.stmattroyalton.org

My guest this week is Fr. Deacon Ananias Sorem, PhD. He is CEO, Founder, and President of Patristic Faith. Fr. Deacon is an Orthodox apologist and teaches Philosophy at Fullerton College and Carroll College. He is the author of several articles and peer-reviewed papers, including: "Searle, Materialism, and the Mind-Body Problem", "Gnostic Scientism and Technocratic Totalitarianism", "An Orthodox Approach to the Dangers of Modernity and Technology", and "An Orthodox Theory of Knowledge: The Epistemological and Apologetic Methods of the Church Fathers". He is also known for his YouTube channel, the Norwegian Nous, where he provides content on theology, apologetics, logic, and philosophy. In this episode, we discuss the scientism that really became the main cultural "religion" being pushed over 2020 and 2021. The cult-like tactics being used harken back to Gnosticism, and Fr. Deacon details where this came from and how we can avoid the snares of scientism. Go check out his page and the great organization Patristic Faith here: https://www.patristicfaith.com/contributors/fr-deacon-ananias/ To buy "Let No One Fear Death", please go here: https://uncutmountainpress.com/shop/product/let-no-one-fear-death-1/ Sponsor: The Podsworth App: Get 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com when you use code BUCK50 at checkout! Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Here’s a quick preview of my episode which drops on the Fourth of July!

My guest this week writes for several publications, runs the Singularity Weekly substack, and is the tech editor on War Room with Steve Bannon. Joe Allen is here to discuss all things, transhumanism, the singularity, technology and AI. What makes AI evil if it even is? What is the idea of transhumanism based on? Is there a spiritual nature to all of this or is it just ones and zeroes the way the pro-abortion crowd believes we are just clumps of cells? We take a deep dive into all of this and more on this episode of the Counterflow Podcast. For more from Joe Allen, go here: https://joebot.substack.com/ Sponsor: The Podsworth App: Get 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com when you use code BUCK50 at checkout! Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest today is the host of the Part of the Problem podcast and also a well-known standup comedian. He has the largest audience of any podcaster in the libertarian world and has been on the Joe Rogan Experience many times. Today we discuss his ability to see the Trump phenomenon for what it was when many in the libertarian world couldn't. We also discuss the Covid years and how he was able to see through the massive amounts of propaganda being shoved down our throats. We also get into Dave now seeing much of what is going on these days as a spiritual battle rather than just a political battle. Dave gives a very honest account of when he found God and how impactful that moment was to him. For more about Dave Smith, go here: https://comicdavesmith.com/ Sponsor: The Podsworth App: Get 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com when you use code BUCK50 at checkout! Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest this week is author Kenny Xu. Kenny has written "An Inconvenient Minority: The Harvard Admissions Case and the Attack on Asian American Excellence" and "School of Woke: How Critical Race Theory Infiltrated American Schools, and Why We Must Reclaim Them". He is also part of the lawsuit against Harvard on behalf of Asian students that calls out their racist admissions program. In this episode, we discuss the evils of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies and the harm they continue to do. We discuss the lawsuit that he's part of vs. Harvard, social credit and ESG scores, woke corporate policies, where it all comes from, and what to do to fight it. For more info on Kenny and what he does, go here: https://colorusunited.org/portfolio-item/kenny-xu/ Sponsor: The Podsworth App: Get 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com when you use code BUCK50 at checkout! Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

This week, we bring you Part 2 of a two-part series on the issues surrounding discussions of Orthodox Christianity on various internet platforms. This format is slightly different for a few reasons. First off, it's moderated by Alex Braszko rather than myself, and I'm more of a panel "guest". And then, as you've likely noticed in the title, it's broken into two episodes. Fr. Turbo guides us through explanations of the hierarchy of the Church, what is appropriate for certain people to speak on publicly, dealing with criticism, and more. George offers up his opinions and experiences running the Monomakhos blog for many years. Why can certain online Orthodox forums be as toxic as they are? Are we risking appearing prideful and lacking humility to Ortho-curious folks? Are people coming to the Church because of finding it through online platforms? Why are so many Orthodox Christians seeking guidance from voices online? We get into all this and more. For more on Father Turbo, go here: https://stmaryofegypt.net and here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRoyalPath/podcasts For more from George, go here: https://mail.monomakhos.com Sponsor: The Podsworth App: Get 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com when you use code BUCK50 at checkout! Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

This week, we bring you Part 1 of a two part series on the issues surrounding discussions of Orthodox Christianity on various internet platforms. This format is slightly different for a few reasons. First off, it's moderated by Alex Braszko rather than myself and I'm more of a panel "guest". And then, as you've likely noticed in the title, it's broken into two episodes. Fr Turbo guides us through explanations of the hierarchy of the Church, what is appropriate for certain people to speak on publicly, dealing with criticism and more. George offers up his opinions and experiences running the Monomakhos blog for many years. Why can certain online Orthodox forums be as toxic as they are? Are we risking appearing prideful and lacking humility to Ortho-curious folks? Are people coming to the Church because of finding it through online platforms? Why are so many Orthodox Christians seeking guidance from voices online? We get into all this and more. For more on Father Turbo, go here: https://stmaryofegypt.net/ and here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRoyalPath... For more from George, go here: https://mail.monomakhos.com/

Dr. Naomi Wolf joins me this week to go over the serious information that her team has uncovered in the Pfizer documents. At dailyclout.io, she has assembled a team of over 3500 medical experts to comb over the thousands and thousands of pages of Pfizer documents that the FDA tried to have sealed for 75 years. Luckily, a judge did not allow that. Also, Naomi and her team have discovered many of the reasons that Pfizer didn't want that information to be public. There was not incompetence on their part, but rather outright maliciousness. They knew the harmful effects and the wide variety of them and hid them from the public. We go through many of them in this short episode, and the end result is population decline, which appears to be a feature, not a bug. We get into all of this, along with issues of repentance, punishment, forgiveness, spiritual warfare, good vs. evil, and more. For more information on the heroic work Naomi and her staff are doing, go here: https://dailyclout.io Sponsor: The Podsworth App: Get 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com when you use code BUCK50 at checkout! Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

This week, not only do I have a wonderful guest, but a great co-host as well! Julie Mastrine is back on the show, this time as my co-host. Our guest is Joseph Sciambra. His story will keep you glued to this one the entire time. Joseph was raised as a Catholic kid in the Bay Area. He was molested numerous times by multiple Catholic priests, starting at age 9. This continued through his teenage years and finally, he left the Catholic church in his late teens. In his twenties, he was living as a gay man in San Francisco, where he lived fast and hard for a decade. At age 29, he was so burned out, he went back home and joined the Catholic church again only to find more priests who were preying on vulnerable men. He details many of these horrific moments and the fear that it instilled in him. Finally, he discovered Father Seraphim Rose and immediately felt drawn to his story. Through Fr. Seraphim, he found the Orthodox Church and knew he had found a home where he could actually feel safe and loved and could trust the priests. This is a wild episode, and I'm thankful for Joseph's openness. The LGBT movement does not like many of the truths that Joseph speaks about getting out. We get into his therapy and how he realized that, no, he wasn't "born gay", but rather, it had to do with deep psychological issues that he is still confronting to this very day. For Joseph's great work, go here: https://josephsciambra.com/ Sponsor: The Podsworth App: Get 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com when you use code BUCK50 at checkout! Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

This week features my appearance on the Things Hidden podcast with prior Counterflow guest, David Gornoski. I liked our discussion so much that I wanted to feature it on this show. We get into my journey from Death to Tyrants to Death to the World. We cover my job as a firefighter, the spiritual growth in my life, my political views and how they've changed and lots more. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed being a part of it. For more of David's work, go here: https://aneighborschoice.com/ Sponsor: Ollie Adamson Books: https://ollieadamson.com/ Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

This week, Julie Mastrine is back on the show and she has her twin sister, Amy with her. They are here to discuss the toxic pendulum swing that some men have taken away from the evils of the progressive feminist left and right into the evils of toxic fake masculinity. In Orthodoxy, we are taught to not fall into the trap of the Devil's Dialectic where we have to choose one evil or the other. They're both demonic and that's exactly how it's planned. We are to follow the Royal Path rather than falling to the left or right (spiritually) yet, many of us fall. This is a discussion all about that and the toxic sides of the man v woman dialectic that "society" has offered us to choose from. We offered a more nuanced and loving take on the way men and women can view one another. Follow Amy here: https://twitter.com/amytheartist Follow Julie here: https://twitter.com/juliewrites Sponsor: Ollie Adamson Books: https://ollieadamson.com/ Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest this week, in what is one of my favorite interviews to date, is David Gornoski. David Gornoski is the host of the radio show A Neighbor’s Choice–a show that looks at politics, science, and culture through the lens of Jesus’ personhood revolution. On his radio show and also on his online exclusive podcast and film series, THINGS HIDDEN, David has interviewed personalities like Ron Paul, Jordan Peterson, and Slavoj Žižek. David has also written multiple essays and columns promoting Jesus’ nonviolent ethos and personhood revolution for publications such as DailyCaller, Townhall, American Conservative, and FEE. In this episode, David breaks down Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory and as this episode plays out, he intertwines it through various subjects in a way that ties everything we discuss together. Christianity, politics, anthropology, societal relations.....it's all here and it's a wonderful discussion. For more of David's work, go here: https://aneighborschoice.com/

My guest this week brings a frightening yet important topic to the table. Aman Jabbi is the foremost expert when it comes to explaining the digital existence that we will likely be in very soon. Facial recognition, smart cities, artificial intelligence, geo-fencing, central bank digital currency and total control over our existence. While this all sounds fairly ominous, we also get into a discussion on how it can be avoided and what that even looks like. Follow Aman here: https://twitter.com/noflaps

This week, my format is a little bit different. I was a guest on a livestream over on Jimbob's great YouTube channel (made by Jimbob) and this episode is from that. I wanted him on my show and he wanted me on his so here we are. In this discussion, we get into his journey into Orthodoxy, his political awakenings and his appreciation for beauty and aesthetics apart from the sweatpant culture that surrounds us. For more from Jimbob, go here: https://madebyjimbob.com/